Video: MEDICA App COMPETITION

And the winner is... - Of course we were at the MEDICA App COMPETITION and congratulated the winners who made it to the podium!

Video: 12 years of MEDICA

Sam D. Ansong has been coming from Ghana to MEDICA for 12 years. In total he has travelled around the world 2 1/2 times. That is an occasion for a certificate.

Video interview: gymna

Optimal adaptation to the patient's body, easy and fast operation, high-quality and sustainable materials – physiotherapeutic devices have to meet a multitude of requirements. Thanks to the cooperation between research and technology, these can be further optimized. We can see such an innovation at the GymnaUniphy stand at MEDICA 2018.

Video interview: Proxomed Medizintechnik GmbH

After accidents or surgery, a good rehabilitation is indispensable for patients. This is true all around the world. We learn more about the international rehabilitation market here at the stand of proxomed at MEDICA 2018.

Video interview: Dr. Schumacher GmbH

The Dr. Schumacher GmbH was able to celebrate its 40th anniversary at MEDICA 2018. We used this opportunity for a short talk with the managing directors about the company’s history, MEDICA and how hygiene in hospitals and physicians’ offices can be ensured.

Video interview: Taiwan Main Orthopedics

Surgeons need a good overview of what they are doing. This is especially true for minimally-invasive surgery, since they cannot see the operating area directly. Using augmented reality, Taiwan Main Orthopaedics Biotechnology helps surgeons to retain their perspective, even during complex interventions.

There are more than 5 200 exhibitors at MEDICA 2018 who are looking forward to meet 130 000 trade visitors. For our photo gallery, we have asked some exhibitors, why they are here, what they experienced at the fair and what they like about MEDICA.

Robotics, artificial intelligence, big data: these are terms that were not used in connection with medicine a few years ago. Today they are no longer dreams of the future, but an important support in diagnosis, during surgery or aftercare. Find out more at MEDICA 2018!

130 000 trade visitors are expected to come to MEDICA 2018 from all parts of the world. We asked them why they visit the trade fair and what they especially like about it. Get to know them in our photo gallery!

Video: Physiotherapy today: virtual and diverse

Whether taping, motoric rehabilitation or gamification - physiotherapy today is diverse. More than 500 specific exhibitors in Halls 4 and 5 at MEDICA 2018 will be demonstrating exactly what the world of physiotherapy has to offer.

Video interview: MedicalTek

Many diagnostic and treatment questions can be answered with a glance inside the body. At the MedicalTek stand at MEDICA 2018, we learn how imaging systems in minimally invasive surgery can help physicians.

Video interview: Drory Handels GmbH

Whether with or without disability, one-handed typing could make our work more efficient. You can't imagining this on a standard keyboard? The developer of TiPY can't do too. But in the interview at MEDICA 2018 he gives the answer how it could work in the future.

Video: ZAT a.s.

MEDICA 2018 is slowly coming to an end. ZAT a.s. has already told us that they would like to come back next year.

Video: I-Motion

We were at the stand of intelligent motion and watched a riding simulation. What it brings will be explained to you by Manfred Spandl.

Video interview: Rapid Response Revival Research

When sudden cardiac arrest occurs, every minute counts to prevent severe damage to the patient. AED devices are proven to increase the survival rate during these events. One who has first-hand experience with this is Donovan Casey.

Video interview: KUKA Deutschland GmbH

Man and machine have been working hand in hand in industry for a few years. Now KUKA is even offering a lightweight robot LBR Med, which is specially certified for integration into a medical device. This is unique in the world. At MEDICA 2018, KUKA showcases the LBR Med in different applications together with partners. Watch the movie and get a gimps how medical robotics might look like in the future.

Assembly Automation from GINOLIS is a standard platform that offers high-quality solutions for the manufacture and processing of medical and diagnostic products. The product is not only compact and small, but also features highly robust robot modules that ensure consistent production quality.

(Halle 18 / C09)

Colony Counter Systems from AID is an automated colony counter that examines and analyzes a large number of plates containing bacterial colonies or other organisms on various types of agar plates. The product is particularly suitable for microbiological laboratories.

(Halle 18 / C02)

Biopreserve from patholab is a system for packaging tissue samples in a container with formalin addition. The delivery of formalin and the sealing of the containers takes place automatically by a robot in the airtight ventilation compartment.

(Halle 18 / B09)

Dr. Fantahun Biadglegne Degeneh is Chief Academic and Research Director at Bahir Dar University in Ethiopia and would like to compare the German healthcare system with that in Africa. He thinks: "MEDICA is a great opportunity to discover diagnostic materials that can be distributed all over the world. I really appreciate that."

Last week Jamila Nabieva organized a workshop for the DAAD in Heidelberg with 25 health experts from 17 countries. Now they are at MEDICA, where they already visited the CONNECTED HEALTHCARE FORUM, the HEALTH IT FORUM and the DiMiMED.

Eseme Elias Tong is Healthcare Manager from Cameroon and says: "I am at MEDICA to see the technological progress. I'm interested in how both personal and professional skills can be combined with technology for better health management".

Dr. Lena Figge from the University of Lübeck has a PhD in Molecular Imaging and is looking forward today in the MEDICA LABMED FORUM especially "to the exchange of young scientists with companies".

Dr. Ronald Biemann works at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg at the Institute of Clinical Chemistry. At today's MEDICA LABMED FORUM he would like to get more in contact with industry representatives. "This is often neglected when working in the laboratory."

Everything is in order here: No falling out, no falling down. But a large overview and many labelling options. You can take a closer look at H+H SYSTEM's medicine organisation racks and storage systems in Hall 13 / A31.

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